This Woman Gave Birth Just One Hour After Finding Out She Was Pregnant

What she thought was back pain turned out to be contractions.

Meet Katherine Kropas, a 23-year-old who had no idea she was pregnant until an hour before giving birth.

Kropas went to the emergency room Tuesday after feeling sharp pains in her stomach and lower back. Doctors did routine tests, and a blood test found she was only five weeks pregnant. But then they did an ultrasound, noticed she was actually nine months pregnant and in labor, and rushed her off for an emergency C-section.

The entire nine months, Kropas had no clue she was expecting, because she was on birth control and had monthly periods. "I started to feel like I had put on some weight, but, you know, a big part of me was like, maybe it was just Christmas," she told WCVB-TV. She also had swollen ankles, but figured that was due to all the hours she spends on her feet working at a restaurant.

She found out the news at 10:15 p.m, and her daughter was born at 11:06 p.m, weighing a whopping 10 pounds, 2 ounces. Little Ellen Olivia Keefe was named after Kropas' grandmother, who drove her to the hospital.